Finger-tip protector.



' Zl/zlirzesses W. H. ASPEGRE N. FINGER TIP PROTECTOR. APPLIOATION FILEDDEC. 7, 1910.

..'995,1()8 Patented June 13, 1911.

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WI LIAM H. ASBEGREN, OF QUINQY, MASSACHUSETTS.

FINGER-TIP PROTECTOR.

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.- m Application filed December 7, 1910. Serial No. 596,139.

Finger-Tip Protectors, of which the fllow- 7 ing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved fin-- ger tip protector, theobject of the invention being to provide a cheap, simple and durabledevice which can be readily attached to or detached from a finger, andthe device when so attached to the finger utilized for counting papermoney or for turning the leaves of books without the necessity ofmoistening the end of the finger with the lips or tongue, and thuspreventing any danger which is liable to arise from such practice ofcontagion or disease being communicated from soiled money or books tothe lips or tongue.

The invention consists in a device of the character set forth andparticularly as pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedfinger tip protector illustrating the same attached to the index fingerof a hand in connection with a number of bills or paper money. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the finger protector. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 4 is another perspective view of the same.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, 6 is the fingertip protector which comprises a holder formed of spring wire adapted tofit the finger and consisting of two side portions 7, 7 joined togetherat opposite ends thereof, respectively, by end por- '40 tions 8 and 9.Upon this wire is mounted 7 extends across the finger preferably in thevicinity of the first joint thereof. It will be understood that the twoside portions 7, 7 extend longitudinally of the finger and that the endportion 9 extends across the end of the finger and bears against thenail thereof, while the end portion 8 extends across the finger,preferably in the vicinity of the first joint thereof, the end portion 9being bent upwardly and rearwardly after leaving the side portions 7, 7.

In Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, I have illustrated Specification of LettersPatent. Patented June 13, 1911.

my invention as being composed of a single I wire bent in the formhereinbefore described and the ends of the wire brazed or solderedtogether so as to form a continuous length of wire without a break. Theelastic cushions 10, 10 may be placed upon the wire be fore it is brazedby slipping said wire through a hole provided in each of said cushions,or the cushions may be slitted part way through and be placed upon theside portions 7, 7 after the ends of the wire have been joined together.

In using the device hereinbefore specifically described, the finger 11is inserted between the legs of the spring U-shaped end 8 and betweenthe two side portions 7, 7, and the protector pushed along the fingeruntil the end of the finger abuts against the two legs of the U 9, withthe rearwardly extended portion of the U 9 bearing against the nail 12of said finger. The protector is now firmly held upon the finger by theresiliency of the U-shaped cross-bar or end 8 and is prevented frompushing longitudinally of the finger by the end 9.

The elastic cushions 10, 10 are located on the under side of the tip ofthe finger, as shown in Fig. 1. While thus held upon the finger, it willbe seen that the finger tip protector serves as a convenient and readymeans for turning over leaves, paper money, etcetera, simply by pressingthe blocks or cushions 10, 10 against the bills or paper 13, as seen inFig. 1. The cushions prevent the tip of the finger from coming incontact with the bills or paper and it is not necessary to moisten thefinger in order to turn said paper or bills.

While I have illustrated a single elastic cushion or block 10 upon eachof the side portions 7, 7, and these cushions are illustrated assubstantially spherical in shape, it is evident that they may belengthened or changed in configuration and in number without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a finger tip protector comprising aholder adapted to fit a finger and consisting of two side portionsadapted to extend longitudinally of said finger and two U-shaped endportions joining the opposite ends of said side portions together, oneof said U-shaped end portions adapted to extend across the end of saidfinger upwardly and rearwardly over the nail portion thereof, the otherU-shaped end portion adapted to extend across another portion of saidfinger, and a cushion of flexible material mounted upon one of said sideportions.

2. As an article of manufacture, a finger tip protector comprising aholder adapted to fit a finger and consisting of a wire bent to form twoside portions adapted to ex tend longitudinally of said finger and twoend portions adapted to extend across said finger, one of said endportions bent to form a U, the other end portion also bent to form a U,the closed end of which is bent rearwardly toward said first-named U andadapted to bear against the nail of said finger.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. ASPEGRE'N,

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